Templars: the knights who made Britain

The Templars, famous for their battles on Christendom's eastern front, were in fact dedicated peace-mongers at home. They influenced royal strategy and policy, created financial structures, and brokered international peace treaties--primarily to ensure that men, money, and material could be tra...

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1. Verfasser: Tibble, Steve (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Haven ; London Yale University Press [2023]
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Zusammenfassung:The Templars, famous for their battles on Christendom's eastern front, were in fact dedicated peace-mongers at home. They influenced royal strategy and policy, created financial structures, and brokered international peace treaties--primarily to ensure that men, money, and material could be transferred more readily to the east. Charting the rise of the Order under Henry I through to its violent suppression following the fall of Acre, Tibble argues that these medieval knights were essential to the emergence of an early English state. Revealing the true legacy of the British Templars, he shows how a small group helped shape medieval Britain while simultaneously fighting in the name of the Christian Middle East
Beschreibung:xiii, 327 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Seiten Tafeln 31 Illustrationen, 5 Karten 24 cm
ISBN:9780300264456
9780300274844